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chennai Aug. 10: This is one yaagam that has got even the scientific community interested. Hundreds of scientists from many countries will be converging in Thirunavaya, a little village on the banks of the river Bharata Puzha in Kerala for the Vaajapeya Soma Yaagam that is being performed to mitigate the effects of global warming.

Thirunavaya, 100 kms north of Kochi, is already reverberating with the chantings of slokas and mantras by the Namboodiris (Kerala Brahmin scholars) who are practising for the big event. “The Yagam, a rare Vedic ritual will start on April 3, 2009 and conclude on April 14,” said Dr T.I. Radhakrishnan, chairman, Vaajapeya Yajna Samithi.

Dr K M Jathavedan Namboothiri, general convener, told Deccan Chronicle that the last Vaajapeya Yaagam was held more than 400 years ago.

“The Rishis have said that a Yaagam of this kind would bring timely rainfall and profound agricultural production. The 12-day Yaagam will see Vedic scholars simultaneously reciting mantras and slokas from Rig, Yajur, Sama and Atharva Vedas round-the-clock,” said Dr Namboothiri, a clinical psychiatrist and organiser of the school to teach Vedas to Dalits and women.

He said that the Yaagam was meant for the welfare, peace and prosperity of the world. Matha Amritanandamay-idevi, the hugging saint from Kerala, told this reporter that Yaagas had the scientific power to make visible changes in the universe. “The synchronised chanting of mantras produce vibrations in the environment resulting in positive energy. In fact there is more science than religion to the Vedas,” observed the Matha.

Dr Radhakrishnan, a leading neurologist, said that Vaajapeya Yaaga was being held as per the teachings of the rishis, whom he described as the world’s pioneer scientific researchers. The Vedic culture of Kerala shot into prominence with the Athiraathra Yajna in 1975. Dr Frits Staal of the University of California had documented the ritual, which culminated in torrential rains during the peak of summer. A team of leading scientists which include Dr C S P Iyer (Department of Atomic Energy), Dr U Krishnakumar, Dr Prabhoth Kumar Poddar (specialist in energy and quantum physics), Dr Mukundan (genetic scientist) and Dr Prasad Rao (meteorologist) would evaluate the Yaaga, according to Dr Radhakrishnan. “We are awaiting the final confirmation letters from some of the leading physicists from universities in the USA. Then only we can reveal their names,” said Dr Namboodiri.